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Wind wave action on the surface of oceans can transport substantial amounts of material from surface oil spills into the atmosphere.
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The most unique thing about this paper is the fact that we have shown that non-volatile oil material can appear in the atmosphere via the wind/wave induced bubble bursting and white caps on the sea surface.
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This page is a summary of: Bubble bursting as an aerosol generation mechanism during an oil spill in the deep-sea environment: laboratory experimental demonstration of the transport pathway, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry,
DOI: 10.1039/c3em00390f.
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